USH 1st semester

Question 1

President _______ had the Ohio Gang as his cabinet. They were involved in many _____.

Accepted Answer

Harding; scandals

Question 2

FDR's attempt to add six more judges is called the

Accepted Answer

Court Packing Scheme

Question 3

The Meat Inspection Act was influenced by this novel

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

Question 4

the 19th and 20th amendments were added to the Constitution in this decade

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 5

The goal of the Open Door Policy was to open overseas markets in China

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Why were immigrants desirable workers for big business?

Accepted Answer

They were unskilled workers and didn't need to be paid as much

Question 7

______ was president at the time the Great Depression started; he believed in _____

Accepted Answer

Hoover; rugged individualism

Question 8

The Volstead Act enforced women's right to vote

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Name the uprising in China that started in 1899

Accepted Answer

Boxer Rebellion

Question 10

Calvin Coolidge's famous quote

Accepted Answer

"The business of America is business"

Question 11

Match the diplomacy: (1). Roosevelt (2). Taft (3). Wilson

Accepted Answer

(1). Big Stick (2). Dollar (3). Moral

Question 12

Prohibition's long-lasting effects included

Accepted Answer

Rise of organized crime

Question 13

During the Spanish-American war, the US attacked

Accepted Answer

The Phillipines

Question 14

The most important point of Wilson's Fourteen Points speech

Accepted Answer

Formation of a League of Nations

Question 15

Matching amendments: (1. 16th (2. 17th (3. 18th

Accepted Answer

(1. income tax (2. direct election of senators (3. prohibition

Question 16

The American people severely disliked FDR's government involvement

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Political bosses gained their power by

Accepted Answer

bribing public officials, coercing voters

Question 18

Spain owned Cuba prior to 1898

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The name of African American soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War

Accepted Answer

Buffalo Soldiers

Question 20

Americans favored New Immigrants over Old Immigrants

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Congress' frenzied time of lawmaking is called

Accepted Answer

Hundred Days

Question 22

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President in 1932

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

At the beginning of the 20th century, American foreign policy shifted from imperialism to neutrality

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

FDR promised the American citizens a

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 25

Tammany Hall is associated with

Accepted Answer

William Marcy Tweed

Question 26

"Survival of the fittest" is an example of

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 27

"Old Immigrants" came from

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Germany, England, Ireland

Question 28

The Harlem Renaissance was the literary awakening of African Americans

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What was the name of the anti-Communist movement in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 30

This group fought for the 8hr work day, safer working conditions, and higher wages

Accepted Answer

Labor unions

Question 31

These were 'pushes' (not 'pull') for immigrants to travel to the US

Accepted Answer

Crop failures, no jobs, famine, persecution

Question 32

These were the main groups that fought for prohibition

Accepted Answer

Women, Social Gospel

Question 33

Muckrakers wrote about the good deeds of big business

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The USS Maine was sent to ______ to _______

Accepted Answer

Havana; protect American properties

USH 1st semester

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USH 1st semester

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